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Black Hills National Forest

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Find a Forest (NF)
or Grassland (NG)

US Forest Service
Black Hills National Forest
1019 N. 5th Street
Custer, SD 57730
605-673-9200

Telephone for the
Hearing Impaired
605-673-9227

United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service.

Geographic Information Systems - Available Coverages

[Photograph]: Forest Service employees reviewing paperwork.

 

  BLACK HILLS NATIONAL FOREST GIS DATA

 

Disclaimer:

 The Forest Service uses the most current and complete data available. GIS data and product accuracy may vary. They may be developed from sources of differing accuracy, accurate only at certain scales, based on modeling or interpretation, incomplete while being created or revised, etc. Using GIS products for purposes other than those for which they were created, may yield inaccurate or misleading results. The Forest Service reserves the right to correct, update, modify, or replace, GIS products without notification. For more information, contact:

    Black Hills National Forest
    1019 N. 5th Street
    Custer SD  57730
    (605) 673-9200

Download Instructions: Download files are in winzip executable format. The winzip files include an ESRI shapefile(s).
and metadata files, in Adobe PDF format. To use the downloaded file, save the winzip executable file to a temporary folder, and then double click on the filename, enter a destination folder and choose "unzip".

NOTE:  All GIS Data obtained from this site is in the UTM Projection, Zone 13, NAD83, Units Meters.

Map Name

Image

Description

Meta data

Export Files

Download File Size

File Size Unzipped

ADMINISTRATIVE BOUNDARIES

       Forest Boundary

       Administrative Ranger Districts

       Ownership

       Cities

 

image, forest boundary

image, Administrative Ranger District Boundaries

image, Ownership

image, Cities

description, Administrative Boundaries

 

metadata, Forest Boundary

metadata, Administrative Ranger District Boundaries

metadata, Ownership

metadata, Cities

export file, Administrative Boundaries 2008

2.0mb

3.1mb

FOREST VISITORS MAP IMAGE

image, Forest Visitors Map

description, Forest Visitors Map

metadata, Forest Visitors Map

export file, Forest Visitors Map2005

52mb

80mb

MANAGEMENT AREAS

image, Management Areas

description, Management Areas

metadata, Management Areas

export file, Management Areas2006

2mb

3mb

RANGE

  • Allotments
  • Pastures

image, Range Allotments

description, Range Allotments

 

metadata, Range (Allotments)

metadata, Range (Pastures)

export file, Range Allotments2005

3.2mb

5mb

RECREATION SITES

image, Recreation Sites

description, Recreation Sites

metadata, Recreation Sites

export file, Recreation Sites2005

0.1mb

0.13mb

FIRE HISTORY

image, Fire History

description, Fire History

metadata, Fire History

export file, Fire History2008

0.5mb

0.5mb

TOWNSHIP/RANGE/SECTION LINES

image, Township/Range/Section Lines

description, Township/Range/Section Lines

metadata, Township/Range/Section Lines

export file, Township/Range/Section Lines2005

0.5mb

13mb

CONTOURS/TOPOGRAPHY LINES

image, Contours/Topography Lines

description, Contours/Topography Lines

metadata, Contours/Topography Lines

export file, Contours/Topography Lines2005

72mb

256mb

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODELS  (DEMs)

image, Digital Elevation Models

description, Digital Elevation Models

metadata, Digital Elevation Models

export file, Digital Elevation Models2005

52mb

114mb

EXISTING VEGETATION (Shapefile)

 

image, Existing Vegetation

description, Existing Vegetation

metadata, Existing Vegetation

 

export file, Existing Vegetation 2008

 

35mb

79mb

SOILS

image, Soils

description, Soils

metadata, Soils

export file, Soils2005

30mb

43mb

TRANSPORTATION

  • Roads/ Trails Geodatabase
  • Roads/ Trails Shape Files

image, Transportation (Roads)

description, Transportation (Roads)

metadata, Transportation (Roads)

 

export file, Transportation (Roads)2008

export file, Transportation (Roads)2008

 

18mb

16mb

 

54mb

164mb

STREAMS

image, Streams

description, Streams

metadata, Streams

export file, Streams2005

14.3mb

23mb

WATERSHED

image, Watershed

description, Watershed

metadata, Watershed

export file, Watershed2005

16.3mb

23mb

OTHER WATER DATA

       Water Bodies

       Water Points

       Supplemental Linear Hydrology

 

image, Water Bodies

image, Water Points

image, Supplemental Linear Hydrology

 description, Other Water Data

 

metadata, Water Bodies

metadata, Water Points

metadata, Supplemental Linear Hydrology

export file, Other Water Data2005

1mb

2mb

 

 

 

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Last modified August 22, 2008

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